• lobut@lemmy.ca
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    14 hours ago

    In Chinese, there’s “kinda” 3 out of the 4 directions for melons:

    • 东瓜 (dōng guā) - East Melon - Winter Melon
    • 西瓜 (xī guā) - West Melon - Watermelon
    • 南瓜 (nán guā) - South Melon - Pumpkin (although it doesn’t necessarily refer to south)

    and there is no 北瓜 (běi guā) - North Melon (at least not to my knowledge)

    • psx_crab
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      11 hours ago

      Just about to say this lmao

      But i did a search anyway, and based on article below seems like in china in some place they have different 北瓜 based on location, zucchini, chinese squash, and the long pumpkin.

      https://m.sohu.com/a/481887900_121045224